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Education Committee Meeting Teleconference
September 6, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT
Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council
Calabash NPG Discovery Cube Presentation
VIRTUAL MEETING BY TELECONFERENCE
Zoom Meeting Online or By Telephone
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VIRTUAL MEETING TELECONFERENCING and PHONE NUMBER FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
In conformity with the September 16, 2021 Enactment of California Assembly Bill 361 (Rivas) and due to concerns over COVID-19, the Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council meeting will be conducted entirely telephonically with a call-in option or internet based service option.
Every person wishing to address the Neighborhood Council must either dial 1 669 900 6833 or go online via Zoom and enter Webinar ID # 930 6239 0507 and then press # to join the meeting. Instructions on how to sign up for public comment will be given to listeners at the start of the meeting. When calling-in telephonically, the public is requested to dial *9, when prompted by the presiding officer, to address the Board on any agenda item before the Board takes an action on an item. Zoom users should use the “raise hand” feature.
AB 361 Updates: Public comment cannot be required to be submitted in advance of the meeting, only real-time
public comment is required. If there are any broadcasting interruptions that prevent the public from observing or hearing the meeting, the meeting must be recessed or adjourned. If members of the public are unable to provide public comment or be heard due to issues within the Neighborhood Council’s control, the meeting must be recessed or adjourned.
Any messaging or virtual background is in the control of the individual board member in their personal capacity and does not reflect any formal position of the Neighborhood Council or the City of Los Angeles.
*PUBLIC INPUT ON AGENDA ITEMS – The public may address the Board on any agenda item before the Board takes an action on an item. Comments from the public on agenda items will be heard only when the respective item is being considered. Public comment is limited to 2) minute per speaker.
*PUBLIC INPUT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA – Comments from the public on other matters not appearing on the agenda that are within the Board’s jurisdiction will be heard during the General Public Comment period. Please note that under the Brown Act, the Board is prevented from acting on a matter that you bring to its attention during the General Public Comment period; however, the issue raised by a member of the public may become the subject of a future Board meeting.
Public Comment is limited to (2) minute per speaker, unless adjusted by the presiding chair of the committee. The presiding chair may impose time limits per each agenda item as needed.
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Items for Discussion and Possible Action:
All comment is limited to 2 minutes per speaker, unless adjusted by the presiding chair of the committee.
6. Presentation by Nathanial Shin, LA Unified Student Board Member. (10 Minutes & Q&A)
7. Presentation by Brent Smiley – Educator Sherman Oaks for Enriched Studies and Social Studies. Brent will cover about Charter Funds, owed that are current, owed that are past due, written off, in dispute, and collected for the preceding 12 months from individual San Fernando Valley Charter School.
8. Presentation by Juan Vega semi-retired musician and educator. The importance of music education in our schools.
9. Discussion and Possible action – The Education Committee asks the WHWCNC to pass a motion directing the preparation of a letter to LAUSD requesting an accounting of funds; billed, owed that are current, owed that are past due, written off, in dispute, and collected for the preceding 12 months from individual San Fernando Valley Charter School. The accounting should breakdown funds that are owed to the district and separately funds that are owed to SFV LAUSD schools.
A letter to LAUSD Superintendent
Mr. Alberto Carvalho,
Superintendent LAUSD
333 S. Beaudry Ave,
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Dear Mr. Carvalho:
All the members of Woodland Neighborhood Councils Education Committee are 100% in Agreement with VANC (Valley Alliance Neighborhood Councils) the motion that was passed during their regular meeting on 11 AUG 2022. We want an immediate accounting of the funds due to our schools.
We want our local schools to be refunded the money lost because of charter holds. With that in mind, WHWCNC is asking for an accounting, by valley schools, of what money is due back to that particular schools and when they can expect to receive the funds.
Our parents are upset that they lost classroom/ cafeteria space and now they want to be reimbursed for that unused space. They have need of those funds for their children and are anticipating a speedy reply.
Superintendent LAUSD
cc: Scott Schmerelson
cc: Nick Melvoin
cc: Kelly Gonez
LAUSD Board of Education
10. Update on the school certificate of Recognition. Let us decide a time to drop to hand out the certificates to the school. (Education Chair – Mihran Kalaydjian)
11. Discussion and Possible action Neighborhood Purpose Grant for the benefit of Calabash Charter for $4,653. This grant will be used to directly pay for the necessities of providing science education and opportunities for learning for a public elementary school in Woodland Hills through the purchasing of mobile field trips (presentations provided on campus) from Discovery Cube.
12. Discussion and possible action to Move that the education committee WHNC reach out to our schools in obtaining information as to how our committee can be of service to the schools.Recognizing the financial limitations of our Council, we can meet with the school leaders and establish communication/team effort for the upcoming school year. (Colleen Schwab)
13. New Business to be placed next month’s committee meeting agenda.
14. Adjournment of Meeting: P.M.
The next Committee Meeting will be held on October 4, 2022, by teleconference. Please visit the calendar page at whcouncil.org for the complete details and to confirm the date and time.
Meeting dates for 2021 -2022 year: Full Board meeting are held the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm. Check the NC website calendar for a complete list of committee and board meetings.
Meeting dates and times are subject to change. Check the NC calendar for updated meeting schedules.
Due to COVID 19 ALL in person meetings have been moved to virtual teleconference.
HOWEVER, please check the www.whcouncil.org website calendar page for any changes that may occur.
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A copy of this agenda is also physically posted on the outside of the window of the West Valley Warner Center Chamber located at 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Ste 2330, Woodland Hills, CA 91367. The Chamber is located at the Promenade Mall outside the east entrance of the mall and to the left of Ruth Chris Restaurant. The Chamber office is accessed from Owensmouth Street. Parking is free.
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